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Moby Dick and Pterodactyl Terrace

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Description

Base routes around the Pterodactyl Terrace and Moby Dick formations.

Routes from Left to Right

5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c 5 ● The Mountains are Calling Trad
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a 20 ● Moby Dick, Left Trad 2 pitches
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 513 ● Moby Dick Center Trad
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 94 ● Ahab Trad
5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a 1 ● Masquerade/Call Me Ishmael Sport 2 pitches
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b 9 ● Reeds Leads Trad
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 3 ● Seedy Leads Trad
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 1 ● Thread of Life Trad
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a PG13 1 ● Dust in the Wind Trad
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 266 ● Salathe (pitch 1) Trad
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a 6 ● Pterodactyl Terrace, Left Trad
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c 4 ● Pterodactyl Terrace, Right Trad
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a R 1 ● Franken pine Trad
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 524 ● Pine Line Trad
5.9- 5c 17 VI 16 HVS 4c 22 ● Pine stein Sport
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c R 9 ● Anxiety with a view Trad, TR